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Officers who fatally shot man won't be identified

The names of the two police officers involved in the deadly shooting of Demarcus Semer will not be released until the investigation is complete, the state attorney announced Wednesday. John Dzenitis reports.

The names of the two police officers involved in the deadly shooting of Demarcus Semer will not be released until the investigation is complete, the state attorney announced Wednesday. John Dzenitis reports.

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Updated: 10:04 PM EDT Apr 27, 2016

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WEBVTT PIERCE TO EXPLAIN THESE NEWDEVELOPMENTS.JOHN?JOHN: BOMBSHELL TODAY JUST TWOHOURS AGO.THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HELDA PRESS CONFERENCE.THEY SAY THE NAMES OF THESEOFFICERS INVOLVED WILL NOT BERELEASED UNTIL THE INVESTIGATIONIS COMPLETE.THREE DAYS AFTER SHOTS RANG OUT,INVESTIGATORS WERE BACK OUT ATTHE BULLET-RIDDLED HOUSE WHERE21-YEAR-OLD DEMARCUS SEMER WASKILLED BY FORT PIERCE POLICE.PHERE THE DEADLY SHOTS WEREFIRED FROM, DOES THE OFFICER'SSTORY ADD UP?WHAT EXACTLY IS THE OFFICER'SSTORY?NOW, IT MAY TAKE A LONG TIME TOFIND OUT.THE STATE ATTORNEY HAS ANNOUNCEDNO FURTHER DETAILS WILL BERELEASED UNTIL THE INVESTIGATIONIS COMPLETE.THE NAMES OF THE TWO POLICEOFFICERS INVOLVED WILL ALSO NOTBE RELEASED UNTIL THEINVESTIGATION IS WRAPPED UP,WHICH COULD TAKE WEEKS, MONTHS,MAYBE EVEN OVER A YEAR.>> SOME PEOPLE HAVE NAMED ANOFFICER.THAT OFFICER HAS NOW BEENSUBJECT TO DEATH THREATS ANDINTIMIDATION.REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THESEOFFICERS ACTED JUSTIFIABLY ORNOT, THEY ARE ENTITLED TO BESAFE.JOHN: RIGHT AFTER THE SHOOTING,INVESTIGATORS SAID SEMER RANOVER A POLICE OFFICER ANDDRAGGED ANOTHER DURING ANATTEMPTED TRAFFIC STOP.SEMER BAILED OUT OF HIS VEHICLEAT A FRIEND'S HOUSE A BLOCKAWAY, AND WAS FIRED UPONMULTIPLE TIMES.HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD IN THEBACKYARD.THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN DEMANDINGTRANSPARENCY, EVEN PROTESTINGINSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'SFRONT LOBBY.THE STATE ATTORNEY SAYSEVERYTHING, INCLUDING WITNESSINTERVIEWS, THE AUTOPSY REPORT,WILL BE OPEN FOR PUBLIC REVIEWWHEN THE INVESTIGATION ISCOMPLETE.RIGHT NOW, THE STATE ATTORNEY ISS6 C13 C1ASKING FOR PATIENCE.>> THIS IS NOT FERGUSON, THIS ISNOT MIAMI.THIS IS SAINT LUCIE COUNTY.THIS IS A DECENT COMMUNITY.WE LIVE AND WE WORK TOGETHER.WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES BUT ITHINK WE CAN WORK IT OUT OVERTHE COURSE OF THISINVESTIGATION.JOHN: THE CITY COMMISSIONER HASCALLED FOR AN EMERGENCY MEETINGTONIGHT AT 6:00.HE WANTS THE DEPARTMENT OFJUSTICE TO TAKE OVER THEINVESTIGATION OF THE SHERIFF

Officers who fatally shot man won't be identified

The names of the two police officers involved in the deadly shooting of Demarcus Semer will not be released until the investigation is complete, the state attorney announced Wednesday. John Dzenitis reports.